US1128734A - Manure-spreader. - Google Patents

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MANTES SPRBADER.

APPMGATION 21mm H1B. 1, 1912.

atented Feb. 16, 19H3 SHERTSMSHEHT L` TSC Y. G13" EAST Specification of Leners Patent 1.a 22mm.

Ik, 'za/aww may @0^ J i5@ it kmtfwn that L F1 v Mniine., in the county of Rock .isi-.uni mi f Stute 0f Iimis, have. invented ceri-nin uw.

mui useful vImpun/aimants in M ,mure-Spremi- Qrs, (if which the oiiowing is a specification. reference being had therein to the accom psmyng drawing.

This invention eiates to fertilizer dis,- i'ibues and in particuim to that ciu-ss @mv mining thnse in which aaah machine. (form mises a body structure having :n muvuiifii'fvttom and dvies aii bhe rem of the bon-m. for spreading or distributing the man riaiupon the ground.

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u '-.eiiffzii lxgimiiiuai. thi-sufi. the beam! di'iviug xz'wnmnism.

. in me '.ii'fiwings the mavhine is iiiustmad. a@ bf ng a vehicle, when considered :is an :3: cnifiy.. it having the body part l.. the front wiieeis and iff? l' Wiiwig 3. In nm'ny if@ (mais lmgsi; i

1. .MA ha ypmng and feeding la-wif: "c nm? the mechanism bj; @ma

:mie 0 that, it Cam mm mi; n fifi imi in :m ,ppositu iii-www ili. R11 nu as ihm much nu'irv lim.' Suppm'wii iii-mv ng' uf iii Sort is simwn :it 8. iiiis umxipils- 1g f1 dining eimmnt i), a driven element 125,318, November 2]., 1911, to Theophilus ifown imtimn mlnptmi. in mmc continuously 1n one direction, iii/w upper part thereof carrying the Nimmt@ ci he x'hicie to the beater :md ihm. izftmuinp; around thc miler l? to di@ .uici' l!V :z the fixant end of the S'Ufuctme. Thr: www for muv-:ing the sinttcd bottom muy be transmitted t0 either of its ioiiels in :my mimi 0;: )')i-eferred manner. As Shown, 'i naw indicated n bevel Wheel ai i5 when my :.1 chain lf3 and sproclw-. pninn the wheel 15. in mm, driving' the beve! pinion, i8 which is on counts: .afi l?? carrying i worm. LA). This hitter ags with the Worm Whef 2i oi; fha. shaft. of the. ma? mi2-r 1&3. The drii ing mechanism fof the apron. roller aan fue :ingaged therefmm by arrf o? tbc Hamai dei ces. Thai; Eme :imams may be so arranged as to vibrate around the axis of its driving wheel 15, theupward swinging thereof being effected by a rock shaft 23erank arm 24, link 25bell lever 26 and link 27, the latter being connected by a sleeve or otherwise to the countershaft. The rock shaft 23 can be actuated by the driver' of the vehicle through the hand lever 27 which is connected to it through the links 28, 29h, 30 and 81 and the bell levers 32, 33 and 34. This manual mechanism for throwing the feeder apron out of and into action can also be connected to the devices which control the transmission of power to the stop dog 35into the path of the projec tions on the controller element 11, stopping the latter against rotation, and at the same time, through the link 31, the rock shaft 23, and the links 25 and 27, lowering the worm into engagement with the worm wheel on the apron roller, Icausing the feeder apron to commence its delivery7 movement immediately after the feeder starts its rotating.v

Directly above the main beater 4, I place a small cylinder or auxiliary beater 4. rlhis cylinder has projecting fingers 4" similar to those on the beater 4.

Directly at the rear of the beater 4 I have mounted a laterally acting distributing device indicated by the numeral 37. This comprises a. transverse shaft 38 mounted in rearward extensions 39 of the sills 7. A spiral or screw-like blade 40 surrounds the shaft 38. This blade is formed of a single .strip wound outwardly from the center of the shaft in oppositely directed spirals. The pitch of the spi'ral is so made that it will, on being rotated in the direction opposite to that of the ground wheels, cause particles of the manure thrown upon it by the beaters to be spread outlaterally in a swath cone siderably wider than the path of the machine.

In order to actuate the lateral spreading device and the auxiliary beater, I drive a chain 42 by sprocket teeth 41 carried by one head of the beater, this chain extending around small sprockets 43 and 44 fixed on the ends of the spiral distributer shaft and the auxiliary beater shaft, respectively. Since the beater rotates in a direction opposite to that in which the ground wheels rotate, it is evident that the auxiliary beater and the distributing device will likewise be caused to rotate in that' direction.

sary to employ a multiplicity of chains' which furnish a troublesome item of up keep.

M experience with mechanisms of this clas in which the, rotary beater is mounted at the axis of the rear driving wheels, has le me to observe several-disadvantages when the apronof a slatted conveyer bottom is arranged entirely below, or entirely above (practically) the beater. In most cases the bottom support for the material has been arranged below the'beater, and the latter has 'been expected to engage with the material at all lines of that half of the periphery of the revolution which lies forward of the vertical plane passing through the axis. The fingers o f the beater which lie below the horizontal plane assing through the axis, move relativel orward, that is, toward the front en of the machine, and therefore move toward or against the ad vancing mass of material. The work done by them durin this quarter of the revolu-v tion is work w ich is not only idle, but is destructive of power and detracts from the efiiciency of the machine. I have found that by arranging the bottom of the conveyer 1n a way such, as I have shown, superior .results are obtained. vIt will be seen that the lane of the top surface of the movable ottom is the horizontal plane, or is near the horizontal plane which contains the axis of the ground wheels and of the beater. This brings the load of material to the fingers at the laces where they begin to move backwar As they tear ofi' the particles, they immediately commence to throw them upward and backward. When the apron is below the center of the beater, the vertical portion of the beater acting upon the load 1s approximately equal to its diameter. In the present case, the vertical portion acting upon the load is approximately equal t0 the radius of the beater. Where, asis now often times the case, the end gate or rake is dispensed with, it is necessary that the beater parts should extend upward from the bottom of the load-carrying body a suicient distance to not only hold the upper part of the load within the vehicle when loading, but also to operate upon the upper stratum in order that they may be properly distributed. The disadvantage of using a small beater with its axis below the plane of the A un :mme the izmtcy und if; guida the ML 1k posit; 1x

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'ahy effing :1 l' nu@ mi' @he Lady@ Ward beyond it, the rear ground Wheels upon which the said sills are supported at points in advance of their rear ends, the beater mounted upon the ground Wheels, the movable bottom having its carrying surface located in a plane above the aXis of the beater, and a laterally acting distributin device located at the rear of the beater an mlounted upon the rear ends of the said si ls.

8. In a fertilizer distributor, the cornbination of a body structure, the rear ground Wheels, the rotating beater surrounding the axis of the ground Wheels, the

movable bottom for advancing the load to- 15 the beater for driving the toothed cylinder 20 and lateral distributing device.

In testimony Whereo I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD R. TODD.

Witnesses:

THEOPHILUS BROWN, H. B. M. KAHIN.

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